Ronald Waiters Jr. (SPODA) (born February 22, 1985), better known by his stage name “Mr. Dopeflow”, is an American rapper. He has been continuously rising to fame with the release of his mixtapes The Arrival (2010) and Second 2 None (2013). Prior to releasing his second Mixtape “Second 2 None” in 2013, Spoda was featured on Video City TV on Channel 55 & Local 20 in December 2012. Early life Ronald Waiters Jr. (Spoda) was born and raised in Bayshore, NY a hamlet in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York in the United States. He was raised by both his father and mother, Ronald Waiters Sr. and Melissa Webb. His parents split up in his early teen years and on November 17, 2008, Spoda’s father passed away. This motivated Spoda to work harder and perfect his craft. While working on his craft, and to help his mother, Waiters nick-name “SPODA” worked in a local barbershop as a sweeper/errand boy. The barber would always say “You’re “SPODA” do this and you’re “SPODA” do that instead of you are “Supposed to do this and supposed to do that”, Waiters, adopted Spoda as an inside joke and took off with his new name. At age thirteen, Waiters began rapping at the age of thirteen with no live beat, just the musical rhythm in his head. Spoda didn’t begin taking this art seriously until High School. In between maintaining a 3.3 GPA and running track, he rapped around his fellow peers and classmates and they provided so much positive feedback that Spoda was motivated to begin performing at local talent shows, just to perfect his skills. As time progressed “Mr. Dopeflow” went on to battle numerous local artists which helped to build his name. During this time, his fan base grew and he decided to take to the internet so he could cover wider ground and reach new fans. Waiters, SPODA, adopted the nickname "Mr. Dopeflow" because of his unique and steady delivery and word-play, which causes him to have a “Dopeflow”. Spoda a.k.a. “Mr. Dopelow” takes representing the Long Island area personally and stands ready to make a much need impression on Hip-Hop. Currently, Spoda is a well-respected Indie Artist and his music can be found on the mixtape site datpiff.com.